Meeting Details

Members are invited to a Meeting of the Full Council

to be held in the Conference Room, Riverside, Lowestoft

on Wednesday, 26 November 2025 at 6.30pm

This meeting will be broadcast to the public via the East Suffolk YouTube Channel at https://youtube.com/live/SR9uOiUnTFA?feature=share

To receive apologies for absence, if any.

Members and Officers are invited to make any declarations of interests, and the nature of that interest, that they may have in relation to items on the Agenda and are also reminded to make any declarations at any stage during the Meeting if it becomes apparent that this may be required when a particular item or issue is considered.

To receive any announcements from the Chair, the Leader of the Council, members of the Cabinet, or the Chief Executive, in accordance with paragraph 28.2 of the Council Procedure Rules.

The following question(s) has been submitted by the public in pursuance of paragraph 29.1 of the Council Procedure Rules:

Question to Councillor Mark Packard, Cabinet Member with responsibility for Planning and Coastal Management from Councillor Rowing, Peasenhall Parish Council:

What steps is East Suffolk Council taking to ensure developers provide both allotments and the opportunity for a play area within the Public Open Space at Mabels Walk in Peasenhall?

The following question(s) from Members has/have been submitted in pursuance of paragraph 29.4 of the Council Procedure Rules:

Question from Councillor Peter Byatt to Councillor Paul Ashton Deputy Leader and Corporate Services - Digital, Customer Services, HR and Assets

A report in the press in April revealed that East Suffolk Council experienced more than triple the number of callouts for rat and mice infestations in 2024 compared to the previous year and anecdotal evidence from another press report from Southwold in August, alongside numerous complaints from residents in Lowestoft and Felixstowe this year, suggest we still have a problem. 

As we have a responsibility for pest prevention of publicly accessible council land, can you advise how many callouts there have been this year, where most of the incidents are, and at what cost?

As part of our general regime to control pest infestation, particularly the rats, what additional methods should we use to hasten the elimination of this unacceptable environmental health menace? 

Question from Councillor Tess Gandy to Councillor Paul Ashton Deputy Leader and Corporate Services - Digital, Customer Services, HR and Assets

There continues to be problems in a number of areas across East Suffolk where residents are failing to remove their household bins from pavements after they have been emptied. What actions will this Council take to ensure that persistent offenders are dealt with effectively?

No petitions have been received as provided by paragraph 30.1 of the Council Procedure Rules.

No Notices of Motion have been made as provided by paragraph 31.1 of the Council Procedure Rules.

It is recommended that under Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended) the public be excluded from the meeting for the following item of business on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act.     

• Information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information).

• Information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information).